Japan is set to face Qatar in the final round of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup tomorrow. The Blue Samurai is the most successful team in the Asian Cup with four titles, followed by Iran and Saudi Arabia with three apiece. On the other hand, this will be the first title match by Qatar following their dominant 4-0 win against the host of the tournament, United Arab Emirates. We expect a very tight football match. Who do you think is going to win? Place your best bets as you challenge yourself to winnings. No account yet? Register now and support your favorite team by downloading the 12BET Mobile Apps. It’s already available on iOS and Android, including 12Access for PC for you to maximize betting on sports and playing slots.

Team Analysis:

Japan (HOME)

Heading to the final round of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, Japan is now the tournament favorites after their commanding 3-0 semifinals performance against Iran at the Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium. The win that seal their fifth AFC Asian Cup final since 1992 came from Yuya Osako’s two convincing goals on target and followed by Genki Haraguchi’s goal at the end of regulation to complete the rout in a convincing fashion. Prior to the game, the Blue Samurai have certainly been one of the most solid sides at this tournament. Given their experience of not only reaching the final of the Asian Cup but winning the trophy, Japan will surely be the hot favorite to lift the trophy. If you can still remember, the Japanese enjoyed a good World Cup, giving Belgium a wonderful match. In addition, they reached this far by winning every match.

Japan Lineup:

Masaaki Higashiguchi

Genta Miura

Sei Muroya

Sho Sasaki

Yuto Nagatomo

Wataru Endo

Gaku Shibasaki

Genki Haraguchi

Takumi Minamino

Takashi Inui

Koya Kitagawa

Shūichi Gonda

Yoshinori Muto

Junya Ito

Yuya Osako

Takehiro Tomiyasu

Toshihiro Aoyama

Tsukasa Shiotani

Hiroki Sakai

Tomoaki Makino

Ritsu Doan

Maya Yoshida (captain)

Daniel Schmidt

Qatar (Away)

It will be a historic game as Qatar will be playing in their first Asian Cup final. Japan may have the bigger names in the world of football but the Al-Annabi have shown themselves enough firepower as a team to be reckoned with in this memorable event. To give you an insight, Qatar have joined regularly in the competition since 1980 however the Maroons have never progressed beyond the quarter-final. Heading into this most-awaited match, Qatar has beaten Lebanon (2-0), North Korea (6-0) and Saudi Arabia (2-0) in the group stage before consecutive 1-0 wins against Iraq and South Korea. It was truly a tremendous job for the nation to qualify for their first Asian Cup final.

Qatar Lineup:

Saad Al Sheeb

Ró-Ró

Abdelkarim Hassan

Tarek Salman

Ahmed Fatehi

Abdulaziz Hatem

Ahmed Alaaeldin

Hamid Ismail

Khaled Mohammed

Hassan Al-Haydos (captain)

Akram Afif

Karim Boudiaf

Tameem Al-Muhaza

Salem Al-Hajri

Bassam Al-Rawi

Boualem Khoukhi

Abdelrahman Moustafa

Abdulkarim Al-Ali

Almoez Ali

Ali Afif

Yousef Hassan

Mohammed Al-Bakri

Assim Madibo

HEAD TO HEAD:

Four previous meetings in the AFC Asian Cup have produced one win for reach team, with the other two matches ending in stalemates. Qatar won the first Finals encounter between the sides, defeating Japan 3-0 in the Samurai Blue’s first appearance in 1988, before a 1-1 draw in Lebanon in 2000, a result which was repeated in Hanoi seven years later. Japan won the most recent meeting between the sides, knocking Qatar out of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup they hosted with a 3-2 quarter-final win.

PREDICTION:

Both teams showed an impressive performance in the AFC Asian Cup. In fact, they have been better all throughout the contest, showing their excellent defensive discipline. Overall, we can already foresee a very interesting game tomorrow and they will be tested in the final round.

When the teams last met, Japan won by three goals to two since their last fixture in 2011. Tomorrow’s match will be the first renewal and neither team will surely want to concede the first goal as they know that there will be a big possibility that it could lead to the only score of the game. This is going to be a special occasion, so start your journey on 12BET!

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